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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
infrā: infer, inferă, sc. parte, adv. and prep.
I Adv., on the under side, below, underneath.
A Lit.: infra nihil est nisi mortale ... supra Lunam sunt aeterna omnia, Cic. Rep. 6, 17: in occipitio et infra, qua summa vertebra, etc., Cels. 3, 23 fin.— With quam: ipsius autem partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id quod devoratur, dilatantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: si infra, quam rami fuere, praecidatur, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 123.— Absol., of the lower world: non seges est infra, there is no sowing down below, Tib. 1, 10, 35.—Of a following place in a writing, below: earum exemplum infra scripsi, Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Fam. 5, 10, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 9.— Comp.: inferius, lower, farther down: altius egressus caelestia tecta cremabis. inferius terras, Ov. M. 2, 137: currere, id. ib. 2, 208: inferius, quam collo pectora subsunt, id. ib. 12, 420.—
B Trop.
1 Below, beneath, in value or esteem: liberos ejus ut multum infra despectare, Tac. A. 2, 43.— Comp., lower, farther down: persequi, Ov. Tr. 2, 263: virtutem non flamma, non ruina inferius adducet. Sen. Ep. 79: quae praeterire, quam inferius exsequi tutius duximus, Sol. 2 med.—
2 Farther along the coast: onerariae duae ... paulo infra delatae sunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 36.—
3 Later in time: quid quod Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra ... geminabatur, Quint. 1, 7, 20.
II Prep. with acc., below, under.
A Lit.: ad mare infra oppidum exspectabat, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51: infra mortuos amandare, id. Quint. 15, 49: infra caelum et sidera nox cadit, Tac. Agr. 12.—
2 Of time, later than: Homerus non infra superiorem Lycurgum fuit, Cic. Brut. 10, 40. —
3 Of size, smaller than: uri sunt magnitudine paulo infra elephantos, Caes. B. G. 6, 28.—
4 Of number, less than: non infra novena (ova), Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231; id. 6, 6, 6, § 18.—
B Trop., below, beneath in rank, honor, or esteem: quem ego infra esse infimos omnis puto homines, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 36: res humanas despicere atque infra se positas arbitrari, Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 15: omnia infra se esse judicare, id. Fin. 3, 7, 25: e quo infra se et Caesarem videret et rempublicam, he despised them, Vell. 2, 76, 4: semper infra aliorum aestimationes se metientem, id. 2, 127 fin.: infra servos cliens, id. 2, 83: non infra speciem, not inferior in beauty, Prop. 1, 20, 5: conferant se Marii ... infra Pallantis laudes jacebunt, they will not come up to the glory of Pallas, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2: id quidem infra grammatici officium est, Quint. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 2, 5, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnfrā⁹ (inferā), adv. et prép.
I adv.,
1 au-dessous, en bas, à la partie inférieure : Cic. Rep. 6, 17 ; infra scripsi Cic. Att. 8, 6, 2, j’ai transcrit ci-dessous ; naves paulo infra delatæ sunt Cæs. G. 4, 36, 4, les navires furent entraînés un peu plus bas || infra quam id quod devoratur Cic. Nat. 2, 135, plus bas que ce qui est avalé, cf. Varro R. 1, 41, 3 ; Plin. 16, 123 ; Ov. M. 2, 278
2 [fig.] au-dessous [quant au rang] : Liv. 1, 43, 11 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 43.
II prép. avec accus.,
1 au-dessous de, au bas de : infra oppidum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, au-dessous de la ville [au bas de la hauteur] || [sur le lit de table] Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1
2 [fig.] a) infra Lycurgum Cic. Br. 40, postérieurt à Lycurgue ; b) magnitudine infra elephantos Cæs. G. 6, 28, plus petits que les éléphants ; c) infra duo jugera Plin. 6, 18, moins de deux arpents ; d) omnia infra se esse judicare Cic. Fin. 3, 25, juger au-dessous de soi toutes choses, cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 15 ; infra officium alicujus Quint. 1, 7, 1, au-dessous de la tâche de qqn indigne de qqn].